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One of Rob Ford's senior aides regularly posed as a caller on the Newstalk 1010 radio show the mayor hosts with his brother, the CBC is reporting. David Price, one of the men the Globe and Mail reported worked in Doug Ford's alleged marijuana operation, was "Dave from Scarborough" and "Dave from Etobicoke" before he was hired by the mayor's office. Price reportedly knocked LRT transit, lower speed limits, and the plastic bag ban on the show. Does this surprise you?

Toronto's relief line took a tiny step forward yesterday when Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency charged with building new transit infrastructure, issued a request for bids to conduct a preliminary study into building the east-west line from the downtown core to the Bloor-Danforth line. The word "downtown" has been officially dropped from the name to more accurately reflect its purpose.